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Welcome to UIC Psychology News! Here you’ll find news on faculty and students, information on upcoming department colloquia "Current Topics", The Black Scholar Series, and conferences, as well as notifications of important dates and deadlines. You’ll also find an archive of our month department newsletters.

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Congratulations to CPR student, Carlos Rosas, on T32 Fellowship!!!

Posted on October 25, 2019

Congratulations to CPR Graduate Student, Carlos Rosas, on being awarded a T32 Fellowship under Dr. Lisa Sanches-Johnsen at the UIC Institute for Minority Health Research. As part of his fellowship. Carlos will receive…

Erin Berenz Receives CCTS Grant

Posted on October 22, 2019

A big congratulations goes out to Erin Berenz who received a pilot grant entitled, “Advancing Translational Science in Community Residential Addiction Treatment” from the Center for Clinical and Translational Science. The project will…

Aimee Karstens was selected to receive the American Psychological Foundation’s 2019 Benton-Meier Neuropsychology Scholarship!

Posted on October 02, 2019

Congratulations to Aimee Karstens, who was selected to receive the American Psychological Foundation’s 2019 Benton-Meier Neuropsychology Scholarship! The scholarship is awarded by APF to only 2 graduate students in the field of neuropsychology!

Elizabeth Wenzel won the Poster Award in Basic Science in the National Network on Depression Centers Annual Meeting!!

Posted on September 30, 2019

Elizabeth Wenzel, a graduate student under the mentorship of Dr. Pauline Maki won the Poster Award in Basic Science in the National Network on Depression Centers (NNDC) Annual Meeting for her poster, “Screening…

Kate Zinsser will be awarded a Department of Education grant entitled, “Community Partners: Chicago Public Schools (CPS), City of Chicago Mayor’s Office of Early Learning; Illinois Governor’s Office of Early Childhood Development (GOECD)

Posted on September 27, 2019

As a co-Principal Investigator on the 5 year, $3.5 million dollar grant, Kate and her team will be conducting the research and evaluation component of the partnership, testing not only global impacts of…

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Introduction

Congratulations to CPR student, Carlos Rosas, on T32 Fellowship!!!

Erin Berenz Receives CCTS Grant

Aimee Karstens was selected to receive the American Psychological Foundation’s 2019 Benton-Meier Neuropsychology Scholarship!

Elizabeth Wenzel won the Poster Award in Basic Science in the National Network on Depression Centers Annual Meeting!!

Kate Zinsser will be awarded a Department of Education grant entitled, “Community Partners: Chicago Public Schools (CPS), City of Chicago Mayor’s Office of Early Learning; Illinois Governor’s Office of Early Childhood Development (GOECD)

Congratulations to the Cross Program Conference Winners!!

Kajal Sachdev wins award at the American Psychology-Law Society Meeting

Adolescent cannabis use alters development of planning, self-control brain areas

Linda Skitka (UIC) and Jeremy Frimer (U of Winnipeg) try to understand political incivility in new studies

Kajal Sachdev won the highest Undergraduate Award in the Annual Psychology-Law Society’s Competition!!

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